ELLE Flashback: 1987

ELLE Flashback: 1987

Even the serious actresses went for big hair back in the day. In her first interview with ELLE, a then 36-year-old Sigourney Weaver talks about her new marriage, the surprising success of 1986's Aliens, and how excited she was about "upcoming roles," two of which—though unnamed at the time—were likely Working Girl and Gorillas in the Mist. Both of these films were released the following year and helped launch Weaver into A-list stardom. (March 1987)